Topic: Robert Solow
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Will America kill the curiosity that sent the rover to Mars?
The landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity on Mars marks a historic triumph for NASA, space exploration, and American innovation. But the endangered state of curiosity-driven basic research endangers America’s capacity for future innovations.
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Can governments change the economy? American economists share Nobel.
American economists Thomas Sargent of New York University and Christopher Sims of Princeton were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for developing analytical methods used by governments today.
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Bankers arouse public anger. But will they change?
Bankers from Lehman Brothers to Ireland and beyond are increasingly unpopular, but that hasn't impacted their salaries much.
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Is deficit commission wrong? Critics say there's no national debt crisis.
President Obama's deficit commission says the national debt requires urgent action. But economists are split on that basic premise.
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